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Keiji Inai (井内 啓二, Inai Keiji, born March 17, 1976) is a Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator best known for his work in anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine.

Keiji Inai 井内 啓二
Birth name	Hideo Inai[1]
Born	(1976-03-17) March 17, 1976 (age 46) Hiroshima, Japan
Genres	Film score orchestral electronic video game music
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger orchestrator pianist
Instrument(s)	Piano
Years active	1999–present

Biography

Inai was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but dropped out to pursue studio work. In 1999, while he was a college student, he served as assistant musical director to violinist Toshihiro Nakanishi on the Akira Shirai production Falstaff. In 2001 and 2002 he participated as a pianist, manipulator, and arranger on the soundtracks for the Fuji TV dramas Fighting Girl and Hatsu Taiken. After this, he began working as a composer for television programs, commercials, movies, games, radio programs, fashion shows and other areas.[2]

Discography

Anime works

Year	Title	Role(s)
2011	Kyoto Animation Commercial "Star"	Composer
	Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy	Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa and Akifumi Tada)
	The Princess and the Pilot	Theme song composer
2012	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA	Composer
	The Knight in the Area	Composer (other tracks by Yasunori Iwasaki)
	Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess	Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa, Akifumi Tada and Hayato Matsuo)
	Btooom!	Composer
	Hyōka	Programming & Score assistant
	Mai no Etchuu Manyou Taikenki	Composer
2013	A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion	Arrangement (other arrangements by Yasunori Iwasaki and Hayato Matsuo)
	Karneval	Composer[3] (other tracks by Shirō Hamaguchi)
	Outbreak Company	Composer[4]
	Tokyo Ravens	Orchestrator & Score writer
2015	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?	Composer[5]
	Heavy Object	Composer (other tracks by Maiko Iuchi)
2016	Alderamin on the Sky	Composer[6]
2017	The Royal Tutor	Composer[7]
	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria	Composer
2018	Hakyū Hōshin Engi	Orchestrator
	Magical Girl Site	Composer[8]
	Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen	Composer[9]
2019	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion	Composer
	Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?	Composer[10]
2020	The Misfit of Demon King Academy	Composer[11]
2021	I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level	Composer[12]
	Build Divide -#00000 (Code Black)-	Composer[13] (other tracks by Kenta Higashioji)
	Star Wars: Visions	Composer (episode: "The Duel")
2023	Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion	Composer[14]

Game works

Year	Title	Role(s)
2008	Gran Turismo 5 Prologue	Orchestra arrangement
	White Knight Chronicles	Orchestra arrangement
2010	Gran Turismo 5	Composer
2011	El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron	Orchestration & Chorus arrangement
	PlayStation Vita Operating System & Built-in Applications	Composer
2012	Gravity Rush	Programming & Additional arrangement
2013	Gran Turismo 6	Composer
2017	Gravity Rush 2	Programming & Additional arrangement

Movie works

Year	Title	Role(s)
2009	The Chef Of South Polar	Orchestra arrangement & Piano performance
2013	Why Don't You Play in Hell?	Arrangement (other arrangements by Shūichi Sakamoto)
2020	Burn the Witch	Composer[15]

TV works

Year	Title	Role(s)
2001	Fighting Girl	Arrangement & Piano performance
2002	Hatsu Taiken	Arrangement & Piano performance

References

External links

• Keiji Inai's Imagine Profile (in Japanese)
• Keiji Inai discography at VGMdb
• Keiji Inai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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